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Firm's Hindustan Unilever division will merge with s GSK Consumer Healthcare India which has had total sales around €550m so far in 2018, primarily through the Horlicks and Boost brands and with nearly 90% of the revenues in India. Also will acquire 82% stake in GSK Bangladesh and other GSK commercial operations and assets outside India, paying €3.3bn in combination of cash and shares in Hindustan Unilever.

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FDA could look for Congress to amend DSHEA as it creates a “deep” administrative record on dietary ingredients placed on a list of substances no longer allowed for use by compounding pharmacies, says integrative medicine attorney Alan Dumoff. Pharmacy organizations are writing a citizen petition to ward off what they fear will be an excuse to step-up regulation of supplement manufacturing and marketing.

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Zentiva has signed its first acquisition after it was carved out from Sanofi last year to become an independent company, entering into a shared purchase agreement with Siyiara to acquire Romania-based food supplement and OTC medicines producer Solacium.

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Moberg had been expanding its OTC topical and nutritional supplement portfolio while also continuing trials for Rx ingredients including its MOB-015 formulation of terbinafine indicated for fingernail and toenail fungus. But $155m agreement with two investment groups will complete Moberg's divestment of consumer health brands and make it dedicated to R&D, regulatory matters and business development.

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RB's Health business failed to keep pace with market growth in 2018, with the firm admitting its mindset in Europe "needs to change." The UK-based consumer-goods giant spent the 12 months working on its RB 2.0 restructuring program, which will give it the option to separate into two independent companies focusing on Health and Hygiene by 2020.

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France's food supplements market enjoyed broad-based growth across key categories in 2018, driven by consumer demand for natural alternatives to conventional medicine. Over the 12 months, Pileje overtook Arkopharma as the dominant player in market, as its leading probiotics brand, Symbiosys, flew off the shelves.

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Herbalife announced following close of trading on US exchanges that former CEO and current Chairman Michael Johnson returns as interim chief following Richard Goudis' resignation.The firm, which has yet to schedule the release of its 2018 fourth-quarter results, said Goudis’ exit "pertains to comments which recently came to light" he made prior to becoming CEO in 2017.

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The Cannabis Trades Association UK has initiated legal proceedings to challenge the European Commission's recent decision to classify CBD as a novel food. Meanwhile, the UK government has released an official response to the EU's decision.

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USPlabs executives, others plead guilty to felony charges stemming from marketing unsafe products labeled as supplements but containing DMAA and linked to hepatitis. Blackstone Labs and other firms indicted on felony charges following FDA investigation for marketing DMBA-containing products. "It's all very welcome news, but I'm not sure this is going to change the overall environment," says Pieter Cohen, a physician who advocates for tighter regulation of supplement manufacturing and marketing.